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by Georg Predota March 7th, 2025 Tags: Ravel

Ravel at 150: A Legacy of Innovation 150 years ago, on 7 March 1875, the small village of Ciboure in the Basque region of France saw the birth of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Son of a Swiss engineer and a Basque

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All Of The Month Love Inspiration Anecdotes Interviews

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Morton Gould Goes to China

Tuberculosis, Tinnitus and other Tribulations
Bedřich Smetana and Kateřina Kolářová

The Lesbian Diva and Swordswoman!
Julie d’Aubigny aka Mademoiselle Maupin

Johannes Brahms: Doctor of Philosophy (Hon. Causa)

Musical Postcards: Albeniz’s Recuerdos de viaje

Tchaikovsky and Mozart
Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61, “Mozartiana”

Seeing with the Heart!
Antonio de Cabezón and Louisa Nuñez de Mocos

The Érard of Your Ways!
“Waldstein” and “Appassionata”

Benjamin Britten: Songs from the Chinese

Classical Music Moments in Movies V

A Date with “Schlamperl”
Max Reger and Elsa von Bercken

At the Center of the Musical Universe
Franz Schubert IV

Napoleon Bonaparte and Giuseppina Grassini

The Pleasures of Life: Foote’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Curtains of Light and Sound: A Talk with Composer Joyce Tang Wai-Chung

Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

The Many Mountain Kings
Grieg’s Peer Gynt

Mixing It All Up Together: The Music of Daryl Runswick

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